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Known as the 'workshop of the world', Britain was uniquely advanced in technology in the mid-19th century. [101] Engineering, having developed into a profession in the 18th century, gained new profile and prestige in this period. [102] The Victorian era saw methods of communication and transportation develop significantly.
Willem Blaeu and Johannes Blaeu's 1606–1626 world map Herman Moll's A new map of the whole world with the trade winds (1736) Frederik de Wit's 1670 world map. Pieter van der Aa (Netherlands, 1659–1733) João Teixeira Albernaz I (Portugal, died c. 1664), prolific cartographer, son of Luís Teixeira
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did ...
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Map of the colonial empires (and their colonies) in the year 1885, when, after the Berlin Conference of that year, the Partition of Africa between the colonial powers began Flag-map of the world (1900) Flag-map of the world (1914), just before the start of World War I (1914–1918), which ended the stage of the Belle Époque
The Victorian era and its culture largely thrived from 1860 until 1901. The culture of the Victorian era comes to America and remains in place until around the turn of the 20th century, where the year it ends is disputed as to whether it ended with the rise of progressivism in 1896 or with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.
Railway map of London, 1899, from The Pocket Atlas and Guide to London. During the 19th century, London was transformed into the world's largest city and capital of the British Empire. The population rose from over 1 million in 1801 to 5.567 million in 1891. [3]
The era saw widespread enslavement, exploitation and military conquest of native populations, concurrent with the growing economic influence and spread of western and European culture, science and technology leading to a faster-than-exponential population growth world-wide.